This wiki is to support high school reading, offering pages to support both fiction text and non-fiction text.
You will also find some specific exercises and activities designed to model some of the strategies and ideas posted within the pages.
These pages are designed for student and teacher use, unless otherwise noted.
We have included one non-fiction and one fiction example to guide your learning. An important goal for all readers is to construct his or her own meaning while reading independently. Use the following examples as stepping stones as you move forward in your reading journey.
Students! If you find useful and appropriate materials that will help other students, please tell your teacher to add onto this wiki.
Teacher Resources Information here is primarily "teacher stuff" to use as food for thought. Reader Poll This poll will allow your teacher(s) to gather information about your reading skills to help you become a better reader. Responding to Fiction The tools and techniques here will help you in approaching fiction. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien An amazing account of a soldier's memoirs from the Vietnam War. Responding to Non-Fiction The tools and techniques here will help you in approaching non-fiction. Non-Fiction Graphic Organizers Self explanatory! Nickel and Dimed by Barbarara Ehrenreich A gutsy woman explores tthe difficulty of trying to make ends meet in America. Reading Online Reading online is an antirely different type of reading that requires different skills and awareness.
This wiki is to support high school reading, offering pages to support both fiction text and non-fiction text.
You will also find some specific exercises and activities designed to model some of the strategies and ideas posted within the pages.
These pages are designed for student and teacher use, unless otherwise noted.
We have included one non-fiction and one fiction example to guide your learning. An important goal for all readers is to construct his or her own meaning while reading independently. Use the following examples as stepping stones as you move forward in your reading journey.
Students! If you find useful and appropriate materials that will help other students, please tell your teacher to add onto this wiki.
Teacher Resources Information here is primarily "teacher stuff" to use as food for thought.Reader Poll This poll will allow your teacher(s) to gather information about your reading skills to help you become a better reader.
Responding to Fiction The tools and techniques here will help you in approaching fiction.
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien An amazing account of a soldier's memoirs from the Vietnam War.
Responding to Non-Fiction The tools and techniques here will help you in approaching non-fiction.
Non-Fiction Graphic Organizers Self explanatory!
Nickel and Dimed by Barbarara Ehrenreich A gutsy woman explores tthe difficulty of trying to make ends meet in America.
Reading Online Reading online is an antirely different type of reading that requires different skills and awareness.